Word Meanings - RAT-TAILED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat. Rat-tailed larva , the larva of a fly of the genus Eristalis. See Eristalis. -- Rat-tailed serpent , the fer-de-lance. -- Rat-tailed shrew , the musk shrew.

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• SERPENT-TONGUED
  Having a forked tongue, like a serpent.
• SERPENTARIUS
  A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus.
• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• SERPENTRY
  1. A winding like a serpent's. 2. A place inhabited or infested by serpents.
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• SERPENTINOUS
  Relating to, or like, serpentine; as, a rock serpentinous in character.
• LANCEOLATE; LANCEOLATED
  Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf.
• LANCE
  A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell. (more info) 1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a
• TAPERED
  Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir. T. Warton.
• TAILBLOCK
  A block with a tail. See Tail, 9.
• SERPENTINELY
  In a serpentine manner.
• TAILRACE
  The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away. (more info) 1. See Race, n., 6.
• HAVELOCK
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• LANCEOLAR
  Lanceolate.
• TAILORING
  The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress.
• SERPENTARIA
  The fibrous aromatic root of the Virginia snakeroot
• TAILOR
  The goldfish. Salt-water tailor , the bluefish. Bartlett. -- Tailor bird , any one of numerous species of small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to Orthotomus, Prinia, and allied genera. They are noted for the skill with which
• HAVE
  haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2.
• TAILBOARD
  The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading.
• TAILED
  Having a tail; having a tail or tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc. Snouted and tailed like a boar. Grew.
• ENTERPARLANCE
  Mutual talk or conversation; conference. Sir J. Hayward.
• DEMILANCE
  A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer.
• VALANCE
  p. pr. of avaler to go down, let down, descent ; but 1. Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor. Valance of Venice gold in needlework. Shak. 2. The drooping
• WATER SHREW
  Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew , is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits.
• ELANCE
  To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart. While thy unerring hand elanced . . . a dart. Prior.
• OBLANCEOLATE
  Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.
• RAT-TAILED
  Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat. Rat-tailed larva , the larva of a fly of the genus Eristalis. See Eristalis. -- Rat-tailed serpent , the fer-de-lance. -- Rat-tailed shrew , the musk shrew.
• PETULANCE; PETULANCY
  The quality or state of being petulant; temporary peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor. "The petulancy of our words." B. Jonson. Like pride in some, and like petulance in others. Clarendon. The lowering eye, the petulance, the